Russia: Rules for centralised management of public communications network including content moderation regulation expire

On 1 March 2032, the Rules for centralised management of the public communications network, which had been in force since 1 March 2026, expire. The Rules had established content moderation regulation within the cybersecurity management framework, defining as threats the dissemination of restricted information online and activities counteracting access limitation. The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) had been authorised to implement access-limiting measures and deploy technical countermeasures against listed threats.